First Responders
New Tech to Enable Rapid DNA Identification During Disaster
A rapid DNA identification technology developed by the US Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has recently been used to...
New Platform Will Assist First Responders
Hurricane Matthew was one of the first operational uses of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) HURREVAC-eXtended (HV-X)...
Effective Management Tool for Large Scale Emergency
Command, control and coordination are highly important when dealing with an emergency situation. An application for managing major incidents and events now has a...
Virtual Reality Police Training on The Move
Singapore police have been testing a new mobile virtual reality (VR) training classroom for its officers. Inside and across the length of the soundproofed...
Research Reveals Interesting Patterns in Law Enforcers Conduct
A new study regarding how human brains react to multiple stimuli and stress resulted in some surprising discoveries with application during deadly police force...
Future of Intelligence-Led Policing is Already Here
A new police system is now trialled by the UK police. At the cutting edge of intelligence-led policing, VALCRI is a semi-automated analysis system...
Revolution in Future UAV Fuel Usage?
A team of MIT engineers has come up with an economical UAV design that can hover for long durations to provide wide-ranging communications support...
The Next Level of Emergency Management
New wireless technologies that are designed to assist emergency responders were tested recently at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington. Several organizations partnered together to...
Security Personnel’s Best Friend Now Receiving Elite-Unit Training
Canine’s’ sense of smell is more than a million times stronger than a human’s, making them excellent partners for explosive locating. Many detection canine...
Egozi: Earthquake Preparedness – Positive Initiative Coupled with Failures
By Arie Egozi
Holding a national drill to practice procedures in the event of an earthquake is very good, however, all the preparations seem minor in...
Big Data Technology to Map Urban Crime
Recently, Rio de Janeiro's authorities teamed with crime experts and concerned business leaders to launch a major big data based crime monitoring tool, ISPGeo,...
Stealth Micro UAV for the Army, Police and Special Forces
A stealth Micro UAV has been showcased for the first time. The companies Desert Wolf and FLIR have brought the Black Hornet micro unmanned...
Special Counter-Terror Unit Exposed in Action
Britain's shadowy, top tier counter-terror unit sprung into action during the dastardly van and knife attack on civilians in London on June 3. The...
Meet Atlas – the New UGV for Harsh Terrain
A new unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) unveiled recently is designed for use in defense, disaster relief, and rescue missions. The J8 Atlas Xtreme Terrain...
Israeli Technology – World’s Smallest Cellular Video System
Israeli tech-firm, Memtex, develops and manufactures miniature wireless or cellular surveillance systems optimized for law enforcement, government agencies, special forces, HLS, and emergency services....
Improving Emergency Response – Thanks to Twitter
A new technology searches the Twitter firehose for emergency situations throughout New York City, and channels news alerts to first responders. The system introduced...
New Chinese Unmanned Patrol Surface Vehicles Unveiled
New indigenous unmanned surface vehicles (USV systems) were recently showcased by Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology (Yunzhou-Tech), a Chinese company specializing in the design and...
Unmanned Vehicle Replaces Soldiers in Transportation and Rescue Missions
A multipurpose unmanned vehicle can serve as a transportation platform carrying a squad's gear, a remote weapon station equipped with small or large caliber...
Automated Injury Detection for Law Enforcement
Sometimes, the difference between life and death from an injury can depend on minutes. A device that signals first responders immediately when a law...
New Technique to Find Latent Prints at Crime Scenes
A new technique has been developed to assist in finding latent prints at the crime scene. In a crime scene examination, investigators collect items of...
Israeli Technology – Portable X-Ray Security Detection System
Airports, central railway stations, and other large perimeters are well equipped with X-Ray screening systems for the detection of explosives or suspicious objects. But...
Body Cameras – Learning from Police Officers’ Experience
A new version of a law enforcement body camera will provide police officers with a better way to capture unbiased, tamper-proof video in nearly...
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